Pa. police chief suspended after video profanities

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GILBERTON, Pa. (AP) — An eastern Pennsylvania town police chief who appears in online videos using profanity and shooting automatic weapons has been suspended for 30 days without pay.

The borough council of Gilberton in Schuylkill (SKOO'-kul) County decided at a meeting Wednesday night to suspend Chief Mark Kessler, saying he misused borough property. It says he used the weapons without permission.

Kessler says he made the videos to draw attention to the erosion of the constitutional rights of free speech and to bear arms.